No time for 48 hour contests? Only a tiny bit of creativity in your brain? Just not enough stamina to stay up all night? Still drooling for a game contest?

Then you're in the right place!

From here on out I (or other members) will occasionally be hosting a "Petite" game competition. The prize? The prize is the fun! We have no date planned just yet, but I will post one soon. Please mention when you will be free for an hour (make it a solid hour) and we will schedule our very first competition.

The Rules- Much like Mini LD, the rules will be up to the person "hosting" the petite competition.- You have one hour only from start to finish.- You must, if at all possible, get (a microphone && a Skype account) || (an ICQ account). You must be at the aforementioned virtual meeting place using said program 10 minutes before contest start. Only people who are in the virtual area the whole time will be eligible to win.- There will (probably) be a provided framework you will need to use. Either way you are encouraged to use one so you don't spend all your time making one.

FAQQ: Why do I need to be in a virtual meeting area?A: Because half the point of developing for an hour is the community blitzkrieg it creates.

Q: Why only 1 hour?A: Because that's awesome.

Q: Do I have to use Java?A: Maybe? No? Yes? Depends entirely on the host's rules.

Q: Is there any way I can help?A: Yes - if you can contribute to a very simple but very effective game framework (sprite loading, simple entity's, game loop, loading up frame and all that) then that would be wonderful. Also, we're going to need someone to make code for voting and submitting games (PHP or something similar).

I thought about a 4 hours contests some monthes ago but never get the time to properly make one.... but you have gone further with your "1 hours contest" , thanks to you as I really like this idea, this way it will be probably easier to participate for some JGO and also it is more looking as a "game" : like playing a game for one hour (I mean you play a game for one hour and stop, it does not eat all your time)

Oo-er! An hour seems a bit too manic for me! A weekend was bad enough!

On a side note, I was wondering about an online version of Core Wars where competitors try to write competing viruses in a reduced set of assembly. Shouldn't be too hard to do... (famous last words!) All the entrants would need to submit is a text file.

Oo-er! An hour seems a bit too manic for me! A weekend was bad enough!

On a side note, I was wondering about an online version of Core Wars where competitors try to write competing viruses in a reduced set of assembly. Shouldn't be too hard to do... (famous last words!) All the entrants would need to submit is a text file.

remember that every one will get the same timelimit of one hour, so it will probably ends in tones of unfinished/unpolished work (that's the fun), so there is a lot less stress than in a "real/longer" contest no ?

remember that every one will get the same timelimit of one hour, so it will probably ends in tones of unfinished/unpolished work (that's the fun), so there is a lot less stress than in a "real/longer" contest no ?

Hmm... it'll be fun to watch! It's a good idea, but I think I'll probably sit this one out...

I'm glad you all are liking the idea. As for your suggestions, keep them in mind so that you can host your own! I'd like to make these a very regular occurrence, hence the point of making them just one hour long. It'll likely be a great thing for creating more of a community in JGO. 20 or so posts a day is not enough...

I struggled with last summer's 48 hour comp and doubt I can do better than pong or tic-tac-toe in one hour, unless I'm really lucky with the subject and can re-theme something I already have. Also if i only have an hour, I doubt whether I'll use Skype or ICQ (unless you want to hear an hour long commentary of silence with occasional swearing. I'm in the UK (Now on BST). I am definitely going out Saturday night.

EDIT: ok,...just saw that there was one on 11th of april! too bad, wasn't around! We could need something like a compo-newsletter, where you get informed when a compo is announced. I'm not so often around but always interested in something like this...

EDIT: ok,...just saw that there was one on 11th of april! too bad, wasn't around! We could need something like a compo-newsletter, where you get informed when a compo is announced. I'm not so often around but always interested in something like this...

Yeah, I can always just make an email chain to inform people of new compos, that's no real problem. Sorry you missed the last one.

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